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1 | U.S.A. the Babylon of Revelations 18? | Bible general Archive 3 | Jagfire | 175694 | ||
In place of the Old Testament law, we are under the law of Christ which is to, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” -Matthew 22:37-40. If we do these two things, we will be fulfilling all that Christ wants for us to do. We are not under any of the requirements of the Old Testament law. We are to love God and love our neighbors. If we do those two things faithfully, everything else will fall into place. | ||||||
2 | Can Satan read our minds? | Ps 94:11 | Jagfire | 172810 | ||
The Bible gives us no reason to believe Satan and his demons can read our minds. To me, that would take a measure of omnipresence and omniscience, which they do not have. However, Satan and his demons have been observing and tempting human beings for thousands of years. Surely they have learned a few things about us over the years. Even without the ability to know our thoughts, they can probably make a well-educated guess as to what we are thinking – and then attempt to use it to their advantage. That is why we are commanded to “Submit yourselves, then, to God” (James 4:7), before we are told to “Resist the devil” (James 4:7) | ||||||
3 | Can Satan read your mind? | Daniel | Jagfire | 175313 | ||
The Bible gives us no reason to believe Satan and his demons can read our minds. To me, that would take a measure of omnipresence and omniscience, which they do not have. However, Satan and his demons have been observing and tempting human beings for thousands of years. Surely they have learned a few things about us over the years. Even without the ability to know our thoughts, they can probably make a well-educated guess as to what we are thinking – and then attempt to use it to their advantage. | ||||||
4 | Information on suicide? | Amos 9:2 | Jagfire | 173310 | ||
If an unsaved person commits suicide, they haven't done anything but “expedite” their trip to the lake of fire. But the person who committed suicide will ultimately be in hell for rejecting salvation through Christ, not because they committed suicide. 4 people committed suicide in the Bible: Saul (1 Samuel 31:4) Ahithophel (2 Samuel 17:23) Zimri (1 Kings 16:18) Judas (Matthew 27:5) Each of them were wicked men. God is the One who is to decide when and how a person should die, so to take that power into your own hands is blasphemy to God. Us Christians can know that we possess eternal life no matter what happens “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:13). Whether a person commits suicide is not what determines whether he or she gains entrance into heaven.. but that is not to say suicide isn't a serious sin against God. |
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5 | Information on suicide? | Amos 9:2 | Jagfire | 173334 | ||
Oops! Apologies! | ||||||
6 | Can you break the OT Law? | Matt 5:17 | Jagfire | 173182 | ||
When Jesus died on the cross, He put an end to the Old Testament law (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:23-25; Ephesians 2:15). The key to understanding this issue is knowing that the Old Testament law was given to the nation of Israel, not to Christians. Some of the laws were to make the Israelites know how to obey and please God (the Ten Commandments for example), some of them were to show them how to worship God (the sacrificial system), some of them were to simply make the Israelites different from other nations (the food and clothing rules). None of the Old Testament law applies to us today. If we do the two things I mentioned in my last post and referenced (Love God and love our neighbors), we will be fulfilling all that Christ wants for us to do, and as I said before everything else will fall into place. So it's said that if Jesus did not “abolish” the law (Matthew 5), then it must still be binding.. such components as the Sabbath day requirement must be operative still, along with perhaps numerous other elements of the OT Law. This assumption is grounded upon a misunderstanding of the words and intent of this passage... Christ did not suggest that the binding nature of the law of Moses would remain forever in effect. This view would contradict everything we learn from the balance of the New Testament record (Romans 10:4; Galatians 3:23-25; Ephesians 2:15) - Stay with me.. The word “abolish” is translated Greek as “kataluo,” literally meaning to “loose down.” The word is found seventeen times in the New Testament. It is used of the destruction of the Jewish temple by the Romans (Matthew 26:61; Acts 6:14), and of the dissolving of the human body at death (2 Corinthians 5:1). The term can carry the meaning of “to overthrow,” or to “render vain, deprive of success.” In classical Greek, it was used with institutions, laws, etc., to convey the idea of “to invalidate.” Now.. note how the word is used in Matthew 5:17. In this context, “abolish” is set in opposition to “fulfill.” Christ came “...not to abolish, but to fulfill.” The meaning is this: Jesus did not come to this earth for the purpose of acting as an opponent of the law. His goal was not to prevent its fulfillment. Rather, he revered it, loved it, obeyed it, and brought it to fruition. He fulfilled the law’s prophetic utterances regarding himself (see Luke 24:44). Christ fulfilled the demands of the OT law, which called for perfect obedience, or else imposed a “curse” (see Galatians 3:10 and 3:13). In this sense, the law’s design will ever have an abiding effect. It will always accomplish the purpose for which it was given.. But if the law of Moses bears the same relationship to us today (binding) as it did before Christ came, then it was not fulfilled, and Jesus failed at what he came “to do.” On the other hand, if the Lord did accomplish what he came to accomplish, then the law was fulfilled, and it is not a binding legal institution today. Further, if the law of Moses was not fulfilled by Christ, and thus remains as a binding legal system for today, then it is not just partially binding. Rather, it is totally compelling system. Jesus plainly said that not one “jot or tittle” (representative of the smallest markings of the Hebrew script) would pass away until all was fulfilled. Consequently, nothing of the law was to fail until it had completely accomplished its purpose. Jesus fulfilled the law. Jesus fulfilled all of the law. We cannot say that Jesus fulfilled the sacrificial system, but did not fulfill the other aspects of the law. Jesus either fulfilled all of the law, or none of it. What Jesus' death means for the sacrificial system, it also means for the other aspects of the law. |
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7 | Is "Paradise" the same as heaven? | Luke 23:43 | Jagfire | 172873 | ||
The word paradise is used as a synonym for Heaven (2 Corinthians 12:4; Revelation 2:7). What we do know for sure is that there has always been a separation of believers and unbelievers (Luke 16:19-31). The righteous have always gone to paradise, the wicked have always gone to Hell (Hades). | ||||||
8 | Is "Paradise" the same as heaven? | Luke 23:43 | Jagfire | 172965 | ||
In the Hebrew Scriptures, the word used to described the realm of the dead is "Sheol." It simply means the "place of the dead" or the "place of departed souls/spirits." The New Testament Greek word that is used for hell is "Hades," which also refers to “the place of the dead.” Other Scriptures in the New Testament indicate that Sheol / Hades is a temporary place, where souls are kept as they await the final resurrection and judgment. Revelation says Hell (the lake of fire) is the permanent and final place of judgment for the lost. Hades is a temporary place. So, “Hell” is a future realm, only put into effect after the Great White Throne Judgment (see Revelation 20:11-15). Essentially, Hades is today's "Hell" |
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9 | Paul from the bible | Gal 4:15 | Jagfire | 173015 | ||
Sorry, I should have added that we can't know for sure what Paul's thorn in the flesh was, but it does seem likely it was a physical issue and from the chronic maladies of the time perhaps it was one of those, or more, that I listed. Apologies for the mistake. |
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